Renewable Energy World

MARCH 29, 2021

by Yariv Cohen, Ignite Power. The city boasts a 71-meter (233-feet) high ancient Buddha that was built in the 7th century, and is the largest carved stone sculpture in the country. And these new technologies are key, as solar energy plays a major role in the fight against climate change. billion [US $652 million].

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Coal-fired power plants in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (image credit: Asian Development Bank , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 A properly functioning carbon price covering a large number of countries would send clear signals across global supply chains and help address the distributional impacts of the energy transition. license ).

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

First, it must understand the labour market impacts of decommissioning fossil fuel power plants and reskilling workers to build and manage the new low-carbon economy. Second, it must also engage with the social impacts of new low-carbon energy systems and infrastructures, with an emphasis on equity and justice concerns.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In deals, major funding includes $116M for hydrogen-powered aviation, $44M for sustainability software, and $75M in project finance investment for SAFs. In new funds, energy transition infrastructure is bringing in the big bucks with Brookfield's record-breaking $28B infra fund and Antin's $1.2B sustainable infra fund.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2022

Investors eye major role for hydrogen in decarbonising UK's gas and energy system after deal valuing business at £9.6bn. National Grid's 7,660-kilometre transmission system plays a critical role in the UK energy landscape, transporting the gas needed to heat homes and power industry and electricity generation.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

million people die as a result of air pollution every year, but governments are still spending more supporting fossil fuel projects than they are tackling dirty air. The Clean Air Fund is calling on collaboration between governments and philanthropic organisations to put more money into funding clean air projects.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The announcement, led by 40 members of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), marks the biggest global net zero commitment from the carbon-intensive sector to date, and brings together firms from North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Forward-thinking businesses and financiers are set to be agents of change as governments look for ways to turn ambition into action - a role that is clearly not lost on the many business leaders represented at the SEC Centre in Glasgow. Fossil fuels get named and shamed.

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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 6, 2021

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. The rest of those emissions are absorbed by intact forests along with additional emissions from fossil fuel combustion, making forests a net carbon sink. Source: Hubau et al.,

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Energy & industry. Happy Monday!    Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The picture was less rosy for new wind and heat pumps, both of which have suffered from high interest rates. .

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

An historic climate summit in Nairobi last week underscored the need for drastic changes in climate finance and clean energy development. The summit also sought to highlight Africa as a destination for climate investments, rather than viewing the continent as predominantly a victim of droughts, famines, and floods. Happy Monday!

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2021

The planet's extreme situation demands a much more aggressive approach, argue Imagine's Paul Polman, Agder Energi's Steffen Syvertsen, and Bjørn K Haugland from Skift Business Climate Leaders. It has three purposes: nonproliferation, disarmament, and peaceful use of nuclear energy. It's not just a government issue.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2020

Companies planning to build new coal-fired power plants will no longer be able to get financing from BNP Paribas, following the banking giant's introduction of a string of new policies aimed at eliminating its exposure to coal-fired electricity projects.

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

African green hydrogen plans, new coal-to-clean energy deals, and worsening climate impacts. A group of Six African countries this week formally launched the Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance , with a view to accelerating to new energy technologies that open up access to clean, affordable energy supplies to all.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Soaring energy prices, and the need to stimulate economic growth following the pandemic, have hampered recent progress.". Published yesterday, the Net Zero Economy Index tracks the progress G20 countries make each year to reduce energy-related CO2 emissions and decarbonise their economies. per cent, its lowest level for two decades.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2021

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published a report this week warning that investment in clean eneryg projects in developing and emerging economies needs to drastically increase if the world is to meet its climate goals. If global goals are to be met, climate policy will need to become not just tighter, but also more joined up.".

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Aiming to combat the emergence of deadly treatment-resistant bacteria in humans, known in medical jargon as “antimicrobial resistance,” or AMR, the new rules are the world’s most rigorous legislation governing farm antibiotics. A shortage of vets for food animals – in the U.S. ,

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Clean energy for Native American communities. As the North American program manager for the Climate Group’s EV100 program, Badalian works to get large companies to commit to 100 percent electric mobility by 2030, then helps them replace global fleets with electric vehicles, deploy charging stations and affect government policy.

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Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 5, 2021

February 2021 Cleantech Roundup: Climate Software Gold Rush | Lone Star State Struggles | Jobs and the Energy Transition Credit: Poole Group This month, we’re covering the rush of investing into startups that quantify, manage, and verify carbon emissions reductions, Texas’ grid troubles, new research on transitioning fossil fuel workers, and more!

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Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Don’t agree on the assessment or the different pathways to get rid of fossil fuels? This is a review of an article from the Financial Times , which first appeared in February 2020 just before the fossil fuel industry had its worst year ever. Our usage has jumped 62 per cent over the course of a few decades — up from 61.6

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Clean energy for Native American communities. As the North American program manager for the Climate Group’s EV100 program, Badalian works to get large companies to commit to 100 percent electric mobility by 2030, then helps them replace global fleets with electric vehicles, deploy charging stations and affect government policy.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The White House yesterday released a revised reconciliation framework for its 'Build Back Better Bill, stressing that the legislation was still dominated by action on climate change, despite the apparent removal of previous provisions to introduce a Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP). We just now have to go get that done.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2023

As a backdrop to the United Nations climate conference in Dubai, it’s a fitting venue for a planet-wide shift that scientists say needs to happen: The region has extensive deposits of oil and gas, but also immense, untapped potential for renewable energy. Our conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The pledge also calls on international banks to include nuclear in energy lending policies to help finance project-killing infrastructure expenditures. Italy installed its National Platform for Sustainable Nuclear Power in September. Post-Fukushima, the country pledged to phase out all atomic power.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Late last month Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg's offered an inimitable assessment of the climate talks to date, dismissing them as "blah, blah, blah", as she again decried the failure of governments to actually curb global emissions. With just a few days to go until COP26 kicks off, her pessimism is widely shared. is closing fast.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 8, 2023

Modern Braking Systems: Deny the Science Even After Supporting It We now know that the oil industry was well aware of the impacts of fossil fuels on the climate and then actively worked to sow doubt surrounding the validity of that science. Energy Information Administration conference in Washington, D.C.,

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